higher up
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3.2
- idiom
:
más arriba
- And also just by being taller, the wind is stronger the higher up you go.
- a little higher up
- higher up the slope
- higher up the mountainside
So it's definitely gone higher up than we had expected.
- So it's definitely gone higher up than we had expected.
- We like to be higher up than others.
- And if you explode it higher up, the blast will kill more people.
- Now add that new sum back into your list wherever it sits higher up, and repeat.
- And what I've found is that the higher up you go, the more that becomes important.
- You can either go out wider or you can go higher up.
- I've never seen someone like someone that high up talking about mental health in that sphere.
- I'm just going to be blending that into the crease even further and higher up.
- So we, we're up late and during that briefing, we got pictures from really high up about different areas.
- So you have that, but I think if you would have been a little bit higher up that would have been good.
- It's like, damn, especially when they get high up, right?
- And so had put together a basic briefing and moved higher and higher and higher up the food chain.
Examples
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So the sun is getting higher up in the sky.
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The birds fly higher up in the sky as the day goes on.
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So it's definitely gone higher up than we had expected.
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We like to be higher up than others.
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In fact, I'd like to speak to somebody higher up.
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Some people go their entire lives never getting higher up the ladder than you are right now.
Blog text (32) -
The stairs are lit up, brighter and brighter the higher up I go.
Fiction book (1994) -
We climbed higher and higher up the wooded mountainside.
Fiction book (1996) -
Many villages in Avadares have hiding places higher up in the mountains as protection against the Sileans, especially at tax time.
Fiction book (1991) -
Building the treehouse higher up in the branches provides a better view.
Synonyms
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1.0
Toward the north or the city center
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In a place higher than another point
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Moves toward a higher place, level, or amount
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1.1
Pointing or moving toward something higher
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1.0
Far above the ground
20
2.3
At a great height above the ground
Antonyms
How High
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3.2
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'higher up' is compositionally built from 'higher' (comparative of 'high') + 'up' and directly conveys a more elevated position; a B1 learner who knows 'high' and 'up' can readily infer 'Look higher up!' means look toward a place that is higher. This spatial/directional composition is a common and cross-linguistic pattern, so the meaning is immediately transparent rather than idiomatic.
Etymology
The phrase higher up comes from a simple picture: higher means more height and up shows the direction, so something 'higher up' is at or toward a place above you.